"…Amelia, you okay…?"
"…Hello…? How many fingers am I holding up?"
I could hear their voices. I understood what they were saying. I saw Techhound holding her fingers in front of me. I didn't really care. I couldn't reply to them. I was honestly in shock.
"…I think we broke her." Techhound whispered to Tutorbot, who simply nudged her.
"Amelia, please say something…" Tutorbot begged, crouching down closer to my level.
"…Cybertronian…me…" I stammered out. It was a mix of confusion and excitement, wrapped in a layer of wonder, deep fried in anger, and served to me with mystery as a dipping sauce. "…But why? Why didn't my dad tell me about this? He told me why he went into crime, but he never told me the secrets of this book, even when I would visit him and he knew about you guys…"
"He might have wanted to keep you safe." Tutorbot suggested. "Amelia, did your leg ever get replaced when you grew?"
It suddenly dawned on me. That there was only one way to answer that question…
"…No…it just…grew with me…"
"It upgraded with you." Techhound added. "It's not just a prosthetic. It's connected with you. It thinks it's your real leg…I guess the same goes with your dad's arm…"
This was too much for me to take in at once. I tried to hold back my tears, which were now a mix of fear, anger, sadness, and shock, but I just couldn't. They burst out. And so did I. Out of this room. Into my own.
"AMELIA!" I heard Tutorbot and Techhound call out at me at the same time. But it was too late for them to try and change anything. My door was shut and locked, as I buried my head into my pillow.
It took me about ten minutes to stop crying. Even then, I didn't look up from my pillow, or truly even stop. I ran out of tears, so my cries simply became dry sobs. I could hear voices of the others outside, probably talking about me. Finally, the sadness was gone. It was now replaced with anger. Anger at my dad. Anger at my life. I grabbed the first thing I could find, and threw it at the first place I could see. It was my pillow. It was my bookshelf. I heard something hard and heavy fall. Standing up, I picked up what fell.
It was a book, but not just any one. It was a photo album. My special one. I hadn't read it in a long time. I sat back down on my bed, to look at the memories of my past…
There were pictures of all the babysitters I had. I seemed to be having a lot more fun than they were in the pictures. Well except for two of them. There were pictures from the first times I met Wreck-Gar and the Constructicons. I even had the bloody tissue from when I got the nosebleed still in there! These pictures made me a little bit happier. But then I turned the pages…
…And saw pictures of the further past. Pictures of me with my mom and dad. The tears started reforming as I flipped through. This time it was slightly joyful tears. My mom's red hair, green eyes, and freckles. My dad's buck teeth and slightly larger nose. I could clearly see where I got my traits from. I was almost at the end of the book, when I noticed something in the back sleeve of the book. I had never noticed it before. It was a letter. I started to read it…
Dear Amelia,
I wrote this letter before I was put in jail for about the fifth time. I didn't want to tell you this in person. I didn't want you to be afraid. We know about the transformers by now. They protect us from bad people. Like me. Your arm and my leg are not from this world. It is from theirs. I found the book before I found them. I want you to know that no matter what I love you. No matter how many times I am put into jail, I want you to remember this. Just because I make bad mistakes doesn't mean you have to. Remember that. Because of this, your leg is that of an Autobot. Just like the ideals that live in your heart. Remember that you will always be my little Autobot and never stray to the path of a Decepticon, like I have.
I love you, and want you to find your wishing star,
Dad
The letter was eventually stained with tears, as I took the message to heart. I suddenly heard a knocking on my door.
"Amelia? Are…you okay? This is really important…" It was Flareup speaking to me. I took a few deep breaths, and stood up, walking towards the door.
When I opened it, everyone was there waiting for me. Tutorbot was holding onto something that looked like it had the same orange color as my robot leg.
"What's going on?" I asked, as Tutorbot kneeled down, and smiled.
"Amelia…" He said, as he handed me the item, which looked like a suit of armor with a space helmet. "It's time to go to Cybertron."
This was it. I was wearing the suit of armor, which Tutorbot called an Exosuit, to protect me both from any dangers on Cybertron and in case there were some wary Cybertronians. I was seated in Scrapper's front seat as he drove. Tutorbot was put inside Wreck-Gar's front seat. The fusion creatures were inside Grandus's back as we drove, or flew, or walked, to the Space Bridge located on the roof of Sumdac Towers.
When we got to the rooftop, everyone unboarded and transformed. Tutorbot typed in a few schematics into the control panel, and the Space Bridge hummed to life, as blue light poured out, illuminating us all. Some of us gasped in awe, one in terror, and others were silent.
"D-do we really have to go into the light?" Skywarp asked. "I hear you die if you go into the light…"
No words were said, as we simply walked through the light…
…And walked into Cybertron. It was the biggest city I had ever seen. And that's not just because I'm just a ten year old girl in a world of giant robots. Crowds of Autobots surrounded us, and started talking in unison about different things. I heard some shocked about the Decepticons, others about the fusion creatures. I could tell that Skywarp was starting to get a bit agitated.
Suddenly, a green female Autobot walked through the crowd, and walked towards Rattletrap. She was a bit taller than him, and had a dress train-like instead of feet, which paired with her collar, made her look almost plant-like.
"I've missed you so much!" She said, as she hugged onto Rattletrap, as he did the same.
"I've missed ya too." He said, smiling a smile that didn't look smarmy, sarcastic, or snarky. It was a genuine smile of love.
Eventually, more Autobots warmed up, and started coming towards the others. A male tank-like Autobot started hugging onto Flareup (I noticed that Grandus looked a little upset by this). Many female Autobots swarmed around Tracks, but he kept his cool. I noticed a couple of the original Autobots talking with Sari. The others were all left out. However, two police-like Autobots asked the others to follow them. Out of curiosity, I decided to follow them…
The place they were escorted to seemed to be an office-like building. A few Autobots typed on keyboards, while others entered and exited many doors. I caught a quick glimpse at a plaque on the celling, which simply said "Metroplex". One of the police-bots took Tutorbot, Techhound, the Dinobots, the Constructicons, Skywarp, and Wingthing into a room that almost looked like a doctor's office. The fusion creatures were taken to a different room by the other police-bot, as I quietly followed them.
The room they were taken into looked like a laboratory. A few Autobots walked around, holding futuristic clipboards, carting around containers of chemicals, and talking about some scientific information. A male Autobot stopped by the police-bot. He was grey, blue, and red, and wore a light blue visor over his eyes. I couldn't make out any parts of any vehicles in his robot form.
"Mainframe, these are the two creatures that the Earth-based Autobots replied to us about." The police-bot said, as Mainframe looked them over.
"They're even more amazing than I thought they'd be! They'll be perfect!" Mainframe said. "Let me get them hooked up."
The police-bot nodded, and left, which unfortunately left me out in the open. Mainframe seemed to notice me, and he kneeled down to get a better look.
"Amazing! It's another organic specimen!" He happily said, as he held his hand out for me to climb on. "I'll bet you're that girl that computer-headed Autobot told me about."
"You mean Tutorbot?" I asked, as he nodded. "Yeah, well I guess I am!"
"So, would you like to see a bit of science happen?" Mainframe asked, as I eagerly nodded. "Great! Come with me, you fusion creatures!"
The place Mainframe walked us to looked a little bit like a hospital room. To my surprise, two Decepticons were lying down on two medical berths, both heavily damaged, and barely alive.
"These two Decepticons are named Blood and Gilmer." Mainframe explained to us. "Their team tried a raid on a rural area of Cybertron. Their leader, Skullgrin, left them there when they were fatally wounded. They said their dying wish was to try and do some good, and this is where these fusion creatures come in."
"How?" I asked, while the fusion creatures also looked slightly curious.
"I was told by Tutorbot that these two were failed experiments on trying to create a full organic transformer, but failed, and left these two more animalistic than human. Well, we have plans on using Blood and Gilmer's bodies as bases for these two to become technorganics. However, the memories of Blood and Gilmer will be deleted, and replaced by the memories of the fusion creatures, yet giving them the sentience and speech abilities of their former self."
"I get it!" I said. "This I have to see!"
Smiling, Mainframe pushed Blood and Gilmer into two separate containers, and put a fusion creature in each: the bat-monster in Blood's and the shark-monster in Gilmer's. The doors to the containers shut, as a green gas filled the containers, highlighting their silhouettes. In a flash of light, the four forms were now two, as the two new creatures stepped out…a success…
Blood now had bat-like features. Gilmer now had shark-like features. What were once damaged Decepticons were now operating Autobots.
"So…do you remember me…?" I nervously asked to two, to see if the experiment truly did work as well as Mainframe said it would.
"That…depends…" The new bat Autobot said.
"Are you a boy, or a girl?" The shark Autobot said. "And which of these Pokémon would you like?"
I certainly felt myself squeal. They were back to how I remembered them! Well, at least in their state of mind.
"It worked!" I happily said, as Mainframe beamed.
"I now present the new members of the Autobots: Bomb-Burst and Submarauder!"
As I happily followed the newly-formed Autobots out of the lab, I noticed the others. Tutorbot, Techhound, and the Dinobots' Autobot symbols seemed shinier and newer. The Constructicons, Skywarp, and Wingthing actually had Autobot symbols! Their eyes were now light blue, and had expressive pupils. An Autobot nurse was holding what looked like a brand with an Autobot logo on them.
"I need the two newest Autobots to please come here." She happily said, as they walked towards her. She put the brand onto their chests, one at a time, as steam pressed down on them. They slightly winced, but it looked like it was only out of confusion, and not out of pain. When she finished, they each had a bright red Autobot face on them, as they beamed, it was a badge of honor to them.
Eventually, Grandus, Rattletrap, Flareup, Tracks, and Sari had met up with us. While the four fully mechanical Autobots talked with their new recruits, Sari ushered me to follow her somewhere.
"Where are we going?" I asked. Sari had been to Cybertron a few times, so she knew the way around different places.
"I want to show you this!" She happily said, as we came to a room that was guarded by two of the police-bots I saw.
"Identification." One of them said.
"Sari Sumdac and guest." Sari said, saluting to them, as I decided to do the same. The two of them stepped out of the way, as the door slid open, as we walked in…
Inside was a spiky blue ball contained inside an orange container with silver handles.
"What is this?" I asked. The ball glowed brightly, illuminating the room.
"It's the Allspark." Sari said. "Or, what's left of it anyways. I sometimes visit it, because it reminds me of my past."
"Does it do anything?" I asked, circling around it.
"Nothing that I know of." Sari said, shrugging a little.
"It does more than you think." An unknown voice suddenly said. The Allspark started to glow even brighter, as an apparition appeared. He looked like an Autobot samurai with motorcycle like features. I didn't understand what was going on, but Sari seemed to. Her eyes were starting to brim with tears as she choked out a few words.
"Prowl…it's been so long…"